Trowel.



. J. R. MORRIS.

.'IROWBL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1910.

1,005,279. l Patented Oct.10,1)11.

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l 'lewn lliet l. JOHN l. ll/l'onine, :L n el die Unied States, residingal Wein lie eouny of 'Blackhawk and I l' have inven'led eei'lziin newpiieveniene in TioWelS; end ne fellewing 't0 be a` full, clem, pilon01".2 ille invention, such .l e @there skilled in the eri to .feznins lomake end ilse 'lille nen alleles le inilpi'ovements in .i ei doe deinvenien piovide ellis.: elieieefzee lies/'ing e, blade efieliing.faoelfet feiined in ene obje 't is 'le provide en improve(i demelmblysecuring; ille liendle to gli# lille? objects in View, the if certainnovel feziiiures eombinniion end errungewill be more full f describednir-ly painted out in "me append-- iglenying d iewings, y lfiguie 'i eli'ewel censlrneted in :Je lee Willi. my invention. Fig. 2 is Viewpartly in eeelien1 Fig. 3 is e i i 'particular lilede 0.3i. my improvedliving olined iniegml f longgludinelly disposed eli f grednellydecreases in nie? ef @lede toward v of shown.

i. wel eempicises e head end i. used inhieeded into :Me end having edei;

11M?? el the iri'iwel with the handle ly le elle dmw circular bearingsurface Speeieation of Letters Patent.

I l l l l 'Side of ille l0 edaped 'le loe engaged with the seal. 5mf'lieieby ii firm conneetien is provided between the heed and theblade.

.lin the bearing' surface 1() of the head is formed n. threadedsemicicular i'ecess ll which when 4the heed is engaged willi. Seel: 5 ofthe boss, elins with the recess@ in saidn Seat and foune tlleeet screwsockel; lie-reim before referred to. With lie socket hline owned isadapted to be engaged e set Screw l2 which locks the heed 'lo the bossund. thus rigidly secures the handle in operative position.

@n the liedd i ie formed i reduced righi; :ingulei-ly projecting stein18. 0n the siem is zlfiangede handle 11i which is formed of any suitablematerial but which is preferably constructed of liber ar'anged on thestem in the form of e l.elvies of circuler disks l5 es shown.'llie'disks l5 ere clamped ine light engagement with each einen by e.clamping plete 1G arranged en theV iedueed outer end of the elem. Thereduced enter end @flle stem is threaded end has engaged therewilh, aclamping null l? Wl'licli when screwed up firmly clamps the pluieagainst the disks l5 and Elms binds the latter 'td gelber to form aeornposiestructure. r i"lie disks are p'eferaely eeranged on die stem etan angle es shown.

By forming' the blade end handle in the menne? described the use ofrives 0i" similar fastening devices orzhe handle, is entiifely dispensedwith and e Strong and lilecenneetion povided between elieliandle and theblade. This fastening of lie blade also olovmes all poseibilif'y of any.perl of fleet projecting below el', en 'the Werking blade. l

'From elle :foregoing deseriplion leken in cenneei'ien with elleaccompanying d'law ings, the .eonsiirueion and operai-ien of ii'iveiionWill be Teadily understood im.

annue eli-enges the miner .deleile el eenstruetien Lamy il meered leWnllou; depnil ig from ille principle oi snel? .i ing; any ei" tie edineges-of this invention :is defined in tlf pended Gleim.

Having time desciibed my invention what l eleim is: A troivel comrising' a blade having meg-ml; longitudinal rib', :in apslendng bosebining Contact with the flat upper end of ed Socke, and an Stable screwin lie socket, thus formed for preventing the liandle from turning andbecoming released.

In sstmony Wheel-001c I have hereunto sot my hand in prcsgnce of twosubscribing wif,-

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fpmjecing from the center of the latter and having n lat upper end andScrewthreacled socket, a daclmble handle havingl :L sqrew fvhl'endedstem engaging Said Socket and a flat sllouller siiuronnclng the stem forthe boss, the face of the fiat end of the latter and the shoulder of theStem being provided Wiinesss: Will semiircular threaded recesses forregi i istring engagement forming screw tluencll

